If one (or both) of your referees has not
submitted a reference online before the deadline, please don't
worry. This will not have affected your programme
allocation. Your referees will still have the opportunity to
supply a reference directly to your employing Trust. Your
referee details will be passed onto the Medical Personnel /
HR
department at your
employing hospital by us. The hospital will take up any
outstanding references for
F1
trainees before August and
referees will be able to submit these directly to the hospital.

Some of our trusts may start contacting applicants in April
- but some may not contact applicants for a few more weeks after
this. It will depend on the time frame set by each individual
Trust. And will also depend on workload and staffing levels at
each Trust.

If you are keen to get in touch with your employing Trust,
please contact a member of staff in their Medical Personnel
department or in the Postgraduate Education Centre.

For a list of contacts at each Trust,
please visit the Trust information page. For queries
about your contract, pay and pre-employment checks etc. please
contact the Medial Personnel department.

It is compulsory for all new
F1
trainees to attend Shadowing
week in Wessex. Shadowing will take place at the hospital where you
will be spending your
F1
year. Details about shadowing arrangements can be found on our
website on the Shadowing in Wessex page.

Shadowing as part of the undergraduate curriculum
for non-Southampton final year students

Please note that Wessex Foundation School is
unable to assist with shadowing arrangements that are undergraduate
curriculum requirements for other medical schools.

If you need to arrange an undergraduate
shadowing placement, please liaise with your allocated Trust to
find out if this is possible, and to make arrangements. Please note
that it may not be possible to arrange this at your allocated
Trust, and you may be advised to complete this at a hospital local
to your medical school.

All applicants allocated to Wessex will need
to attend the Wessex shadowing week at their employing trust. This
includes applicants who have already completed an undergraduate
shadowing placement.

International students who are graduates
of
UK
universities will
need to apply to the
UKBA
for a Tier four visa to
extend their leave to remain – enabling the
trainee to complete their two year foundation
programme. The
UKFPO
provides
Tier four visa sponsorship for all non-
EEA
citizens graduating from
UK
medical schools who have
secured a place on a Foundation Programme.

In June the
UKFPO
will email all
students who indicated on their application that they would need to
apply for a visa. These students will be asked to complete an
online form and supply supporting documentation. Further
information will be provided by the
UKFPO
.

Please refer to the Tier four
information and the Tier four
FAQ
s on the
UKFPO
website.

Matching to Trusts/Programmes within the Wessex
Foundation School – how does it work?

Applicants will be automatically matched to
programmes according to score and applicant preference. This
is a simple match in score order and will place applicants in a
trust/programme according to their ranked preferences. You will
therefore be matched in score order, gaining a place in a
trust/programme before applicants who scored lower than you. Where
two or more applicants have the same score automatch will use
random selection to decide which applicant to take first.

Appointment to a post is dependent upon the
applicant successfully completing medical school (passing finals)
and is subject to pre-employment checks and references.

Withdrawing from your allocated post and from the
Foundation Programme application system

If you do not take up your place in your
allocated Deanery you will not be able to find an alternative
F1
training post in England.
Before you make any decision, you are advised to speak with your
medical school / foundation school to review your options.

F1
vacancies across the
country will only be advertised as one-year
LAS
non-training posts where
an essential criterion is that the applicant should hold full
GMC
registration.

Trainees are guaranteed a fixed two-year
programme in Wessex with the majority of trainees remaining in the
same trust for F2.
Some F1 programmes are
linked to another named trust for
F2
, however all applicants will know
both their
F1
and
F2
rotations.
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F2
Abroad - What
options are available?

F1
doctors wishing to achieve their
F2
competencies outside the
UK
will need to apply for
F2
abroad and Prospective Approval of
the overseas
F2
programme.
Wessex Foundation School can only approve
F2
abroad in Australia, New Zealand,
South Africa and the
USA
.

We ask that applications for
F2
abroad and Prospective Approval are
submitted six months ahead of the post start
date. Guidelines for this process can be found on our F2 abroad page.

The Wessex Foundation School does not
facilitate the completion of the
F1
year overseas for graduates of
Southampton School of Medicine.

Please be aware that if you undertake your
F1
year outside the UK in
posts that do not have the approval of your university medical
school and local postgraduate deanery, you will not be eligible to
apply for full
GMC
registration if you return to the
UK
in the future.
The
GMC
cannot accept
any other evidence in place of a Certificate of Experience and
without this, you will only be able to apply for provisional
registration on your return. Further guidance is available from the
GMC
website.

As of 1 August 2007 Trusts are not obliged to
provide free accommodation for
F1
doctors. Please review trust profile information and contact the
individual trusts to find out about local accommodation
arrangements.

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